Thoughts on the new Southwest procedure

I live in the US and I’m wondering how others are feeling about the new seating and boarding procedure with Southwest. I feel like I’m hearing a lot of people hating it, but I personally much preferred it.

I like being able to choose my seat in advance and I really hated that panicky necessity to check in 24 hours ahead of time. Sometimes I would be on a call or just not in a situation where I could check in exactly 24 hours ahead and I’d end up in boarding C. Also standing in those stupid lines vying for the best seat when you board was very unappealing.

My seat was row 6 and I was boarding with group 7. The only downside I could see is that if I had had a carry-on that I needed to put in the overhead because it was all full by the time I got on. Other than that, it was smooth sailing.